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Rockies second baseman DJ LeMahieu singled three times, scored two runs and drove in another in Saturday's 8-6 win over the Dodgers.

After resting for Friday's series opener, LeMahieu re-entered the lineup Saturday in grand style, submitting his third three-hit game of September. The last of LeMahieu's singles helped ignite the Rockies' walk-off victory, as he led off the bottom of the ninth with the base hit before Carlos Gonzalez followed with a game-ending, two-run homer.

Giants third baseman Matt Duffy went 1 for 4 with a home run, two RBI and two runs scored in a 5-4 loss to Oakland on Friday.

The breakout season continues for Duffy, as he recorded his 11th homer and 73rd RBI on Friday. All the numbers across the board are great, as he has a .299 average and 11 steals to go along with hat nice RBI total. Duffy showed almost no power in college and in the minors and it remains to be seen if he can maintain this going into next season.

Rockies All-Star second baseman DJ LeMahieu is not in the lineup Friday against the Dodgers, Eric Stephen of True Blue LA reports.

LeMahieu had started four straight games coming into Friday, but it appears to just be a regular day off. Rafael Ynoa will take over at second base in his absence and bat eighth.

Contrary to a previous report, Rockies third baseman Nolan Arenado (head) is hitting third in Thursday's lineup against the Pirates, The Denver Post's Patrick Saunders reports. 

Saunders originally reported that Arenado was out of the lineup, but he was reading off the prior day's lineup card, so Arenado was not a late add, it was just an error by the reporter.

Thankfully his head injury appears to have been really minor and he should continue to man the hot corner for the Rockies over the rest of the season.

Rockies slugger Nolan Arenado is still sidelined Thursday against visiting Pittsburgh with a head injury, per Patrick Saunders of the Denver Post.

He left the game Tuesday after landing on his forehead while diving for a grounder. Though he passed the initial concussion tests, the injury is still serious enough to force him to miss his second game in a row.

Rockies third basman Nolan Arenado (head) is not in the lineup Wednesday against the Pirates. 

Arenado left Tuesday's game after landing on his head and it appears that injury will force him out of the contest Wednesday as well. It remains to be seen if it will impact the 24-year-old in the coming days, but for the moment Daniel Descalso will get the start in his place.

Phillies third baseman Cody Asche went 3 for 4 with two solo homers and three runs scored in Tuesday's 6-4 victory over the Marlins.

Asche's round-trippers came in the fourth and eighth innings, respectively, and now give him four gopher balls in the month of September. The 25-year-old has displayed some pop over 390 at-bats for Philadelphia this season, totaling 22 doubles, two triples, and 11 homers. Asche has also slugged four homers against the Marlins this season.

Pirates first baseman Pedro Alvarez went 2 for 3 with his 25th homer Sunday against the Dodgers.

His .786 OPS now sits just below his career best of .788, set in his rookie season of 2010. Alvarez has hit homers in three of his last five games and continues to platoon at first base with right-handed hitters Michael Morse and Aramis Ramirez.

Nationals infielder Anthony Rendon will return to third base in 2016, The Washington Post reports. He'll have dual second base-third base eligibility in most leagues anyway, but Rendon is a better option defensively at third compared to Yunel Escobar.

Injuries have held Rendon to a .278/.360/.380 slash line in 68 games this season, but he's hitting .317/.397/.450 over the last month with four home runs, 16 RBI and 26 runs scored, providing a much better picture of his upside.

Pirates first baseman Pedro Alvarez is out of the lineup Saturday against the Dodgers.

Pirates manager Clint Hurdle will give Mike Morse a turn at first base with lefty Clayton Kershaw hurling for the Dodgers. Alvarez is 0-for-9 with seven strikeouts for his career against Kershaw.